Dear Rajeev Srinivasan, I\'ve read your article on Rediff entitled Endemic Discrimination against Hindus. You blamed that Christianity is all about apartheid, slavery, the Jewish Holocaust, and the burning of women as witches. You are right in pointing out that Christians were guilty of apartheid and slavery, but Christian ministers like Martin Luther King Jr. fought against such evils with Christian ideals and made slavery and discrimination history. Beside, there is nothing in the Bible that supports slavery and segregation. But in Hinduism there are laws to segregate people, for example Manu Smruti. The law of chathurvarna and the doctrine of karma are inherently discriminatory and even to this day dalits are not allowed to Hindu temples in many areas of India, while black people could enter into any Christian church in the United States. Pandit Ramabai, a born Hindu converted to Christianity after contrasting Hinduism\'s treatment of women with the compassion of Christ towards women, which she read about in John chapter 4. You also wrote that Christianity was about burning women as witches. The total number of women burnt in Salem Witch trials was only 19, in contrast to th
Re: The beauty of Christ
by Rahul Sr on Feb 06, 2010 10:49 AM Permalink
Your ideas are those of the ignorant brainwashed masses. Search for "perversion of caste" by Ram Swaroop and you will get a more balanced view. Thanks to people like you, Nowadays I always assume that the average person from the west is extremely ignorant in spite of the information age. You proved me right again!
RE:The beauty of Christ
by on Dec 26, 2007 08:49 AM Permalink
Paul, YOur point is well taken, but Manu Smriti is not a Hindu text. Manu was an advisor. Very few Hindus know about Manu, or his writings. Actually Manu never knew he was a Hindu ! The word Hindu is foreign to India. All the bad practices you refer to are part of Brahminism. Most of the "Hindus", are not Brahmins. Brahmins are just the most powerful, and the most visible; but they are a minority.
